gemthe 

prison of

zardax
a puzzle adventure for
neoclassical geek revival
and osr adventure games
by zzarchov kowolski
 The

Gem Prison
of

Zardax
an adventure for characters of levels 3-6 for use with
Neoclassical Geek Revival
or your favourite
Old School Roleplaying Game

written by

Zzarchov Kowolski

art by

Scrap Princess

cartography by

Simon Forster

edited by

Michael Moscrip

layout by

Chris Huth

© Zzarchov Kowolski 2015

Printed in Canada
ISBN 978-0-9920472-9-0
synopsis
The gist of this dungeon is that it is a self-
inflicted trap. It forces the party to solve
a number of puzzles to escape without
dying in a psychedelic prison that shifts
around them.
the gem prison
Thousands of years ago, about 27
minutes before the dawn of history, a
band of Elven wizard priests and the
last remnants of the star visitors made
peace amongst the smouldering villages
of their human slaves. Before they both
retreated from the earth, they combined
their knowledge to create a prison for the
greatest monsters and villains they had
unleashed in their war.
This took the form of a brilliant
gem of constantly shifting hues. It was
constructed with the secrets of both the
faerie world and the sciences from beyond
the stars so that neither side’s prisoners
could escape without the agreement of
both parties. A host of volunteers were
sent to act as wardens for all time before
the gem was passed on to the elder of the
(now free) humans.
The nature of human wars has meant
that this sacred object has changed hands
many times throughout history, but the
solemn nature of the item in their charge
has always made such acquisitions a
sombre affair. Well, until about 30 years
ago, when a wizard named Zardax got a
hold of it and decided to try to rework
it into what he considered “sleek” and
“modern”, with a lot of radical puzzles to
slowly kill his enemies in overly elaborate
ways after he told them all of his plans
in a drawn out monologue. He began
destroying the wardens and reforming
the very fabric of the prison, completely
annihilating the star visitors. He also
managed to destroy most of the Elven
Wardens, but he ended up running out of
free time as other matters came up so he
left it in a half-completed state and just
hoped that any enemies he trapped in
there wouldn’t notice.
how it works
(luring people in)
If the gem is held up to the moonlight it
will envelop everyone nearby in a flash
of light and pull them into the prison,
dumping them into its entry way (room
1). In the ancient era this was done as
an elaborate ritual to conclude legal
proceedings against war criminals or
living weapons no longer needed. A
rumour has gone around (encouraged by
Zardax) that the gem works as a treasure
map. If one holds it up to the moonlight
it will shine out a map to a fabled lost city
onto the ground. Zardax has been known
to sell the gem to his enemies through
middlemen, making his enemies bargain
hard and pay for the privilege of being
trapped. As the middlemen usually don’t
know it is a trap, he sometimes has to go
through several before he finds one who is
willing to sell it rather than try to find the
treasure themselves.
Once trapped inside the gem prison
there is no escape without the Great Key,
a golden implement crafted by both the
Elves and the Star Visitors. Zardax is the
only one with the key. Like all locked
doors, there are always less official ways
one could try to break through...
the rooms
Originally, all of the rooms were made
of grey limestone with marble archways
to hold the doors. Only three rooms
maintain this construction (rooms 6, 11,
and 16). Zardax revamped the rest of
the rooms to be built out of a coloured
material similar to sheet rock, with a thin
layer of pyrite paint acting as a marker for
doorways. Each room is a different colour.
The wizard thought it looked “spooky”
and “cosmic”, though it just seems tacky
now. The rooms are lit by ethereal orbs of
light, no bigger than a firefly. Clouds of
these orbs slowly float through everything
in random eddies and tides. Should
someone start digging or mining through
the walls of a room, they would find they
are about 10 feet thick. Beyond that is an
endless psychedelic void.
the doors
The most important component of this
adventure are the doors between rooms.
Without them this would just be a slightly
tacky dungeon. What is on the other
side of the door changes every time
it is opened. This makes the dungeon
constantly shifting unless the players find
a way to game the system.
The doors are really more like
opaque energy fields set into the rooms.
Most are a reddish orange colour, but the
doors in a room labelled as a cell have
blue energy fields. In the centre of each
energy field is a copper plate shaped like
a human hand. In the palm of each hand
is the glyph of the room the door is in.
Pressing the copper hand plate causes the
door to instantly disappear, and a random
room to be visible on the other side of
the doorway. This path leads to the “In”
arrow on each room’s diagram. If a room
is already in play (it has another doorway
open or “locked” to it) then the next
highest room is used (a 15 becomes a 16).
A doorway will stay open for 30 seconds.
25 seconds after opening, an ethereal mist
will form in the doorway as a warning.
Anything caught inside the doorway when
it closes will be thrown violently to one
side for 1d6 damage (random if you don’t
know which side more of the object is on).
If the object can’t be thrown to one side
(say a rope fastened on both ends) it will
be cut in twain.
A door can be “locked” into position
if a sentient member of the party is on
both sides. This will make the connection
between the two rooms permanent until
someone moves. Doors from one part
of a “room” to another part of that room
(such as the entry way) function the same
as other doors, but they are permanently
locked in place (they always lead to the
same place).
A note to be very clear: the glyph
on a door shows the room the door is
in, NOT the room it leads to. This is
the same for the blue/orange energy
fields indicating a room being a cell or
another room; you cannot use the door
to predict what is on the other side. The
glyphs also have a bunch of information
about the room they are in if the players
decode them, so it is important you draw
them EXACTLY as shown if the players
show interest in that. Minor changes can
break the code and make it impossible
to decipher. I am also not going to tell
you the code, but it shouldn’t take you
too long to figure out, as you have all of
the information about the rooms at your
fingertips and the players don’t.
Example: The players begin in room
1, and look at the door to the south. It
is an orange energy field with a copper
hand plate bearing the glyph of room 1.
Pressing the hand plate makes the door
disappear, and reveals (random roll) room
17. This looks like a hallway with another
door at the end, so the whole party walks
in and moves all the way to the end. The
door ahead of them is orange, and has
the glyph of room 17. The door behind
them closes. Two members of the party
go back to look at the door they just came
through. It is orange and bears the mark
of room 17. The other three members
of the party forge ahead and continue.
They press the copper hand plate and
the orange door disappears, leading to
(random roll) room 9, a cold room filled
with ice. They explore briefly when the
door closes behind them, cutting them off
from the rest of their party. They see the
door they went through is blue and shows
the glyph for room 9. In a panic they
press the copper hand plate and the door
disappears, revealing room 17. Because
party members had been left in room 17,
the connection between the rooms was
locked open. The three party members
are relieved, and go back to exploring 9.
When the door closes, it is blue with the
glyph to room 9 from inside room 9, but
orange with the glyph to room 17 inside
of room 17. The two party members
in room 17 open the door they believe
should lead to room 1. Pressing the
hand plate, the door vanishes revealing
(random roll) room 7. Curious, one party
member explores the room. As there are
now sentient people in rooms 7, 17, and
9, the doors between them are locked into
place. The lone PC in room 17 can open
and close the two doors in their room,
and always see that one leads to room 7
and one to room 9. Noticing this, they
run to room 9 to get the other three party
members. When they get into room 9
and explain that something weird is going
on, the door closes. There is no longer
someone on both sides of the doors. They
are not locked. When the four party
members in 9 open their blue door, they
see (random roll) room 4. When the
poor lone party member gets worried
that no one has come back and opens
the door, he will not see the hallway he
was expecting, but instead (random roll)
room 5. Unfortunately the entry point for
5 is already in use by the other players, so
the number is bumped up to 6. He thus
doesn’t meet up with his friends, but is
shown a very uninviting path instead.
random encounters
Random Encounters occur based on
the number of times a portal between
different rooms closes. ngr: Opening a
door causes 1d4-1 suspicion osr: Every
3-18 door closings, denizens of the prison
get restless and go exploring. After that
encounter is triggered, the next encounter
will occur in 3-18 door closings. It is
always a countdown to the next encounter.
To use the encounter table roll a
d8, a d6, and a d4. The d8 and d4 are
used to generate a result from 2-12. All
three dice are used to randomize what is
encountered. There is only ever one roll of
the dice. They will come from the nearest
door that isn’t “locked” or already open.
Note that just because PCs can only
access 20 “rooms” in the Gem Prison
doesn’t mean there are only 20. There
could be dozens of other rooms that
house monsters who stumble into the 20
rooms the PC can shunt between. If the
players somehow find their way into one
of these monster rooms, assume it is a
random coloured room that is crumbling
into dust in the middle of a psychedelic
void. If a PC stays in the room past the
door closing, they are lost. Don’t worry
too much about the logistics of the extra
rooms, the whole gem prison exists
in dimensions above our own that the
human mind simply attempts to render as
familiar length, width, and height.
 prep to run this adventure
• Roll a d20 thirty or so times and write down the results in order.
• Roll a d8, a d6, and a d4 twenty to thirty times and write down
the results of each die (e.g. 2,1,4).
• Generate random memorized spells for Azoozl, the level 10
wizard. (osr only)
random treasure
Treasure is usually stored in fur sacks
sewn together from a number of
mammals, from lowly rats and rabbits to
mink and wolf. Small patches are sewn
together into a patchwork. No one is sure
why, other than the wizard seems to like
it that way. The d8 and d4 are used to
generate a result from 2-12, and all three
dice are used to randomize any additional
details of the treasure There is only ever
one roll of the dice.
pre-generated numbers
It becomes really obvious, really quickly,
that the doors are random if you are
always rolling a d20. Before you run the
adventure, roll a d20 like 50 times and put
the numbers in order. Use this for random
room rolls. If the players haven’t figured
this out by that point, I think rolling a d20
is a fair hint.
I would use a similar mechanic for
the d8, d6, and d4 numbers. These can
be put in a big list to determine random
encounter frequency, what is encountered,
ancient texts, and random treasure.
a final note
You don’t have to, but I’d remind any osr
magic-users about to cast “dispel magic”
of how bad an idea that would be while
they are trapped inside a gem smaller than
the radius of the spell. It might not be
obvious to a regular Joe how that would
end up murdering the entire party, but it
would be fairly self evident to a wizard of a
high enough level to cast that spell, who is
currently watching floating lights through
a psychedelic haze.
If a wizard with the sage power
somehow manages to disassemble bits
of the prison, there are various portal,
trigger, rune lock, barrier, summon and
other spells they could choose from. If
that comes up (which is unlikely unless
they are god-like when they enter) you
can mirror the effects with various
template spells from the main book, so
it did not feel like a good use of space to
include them.
1 the entry way
walls: Vivid Orange

The party always

starts in this room
at the “start”
location. If they
were intentionally
tricked into being
trapped in the Gem
Prison, this would be a good place for Zardax to
have thrown some form of recorded message spell
taunting them and listing their crimes against him
and his schemes. There is not much more in the
entry chamber itself, but the large side room has
some obscuring walls (1 foot thick) and contains
a recently dead giant grub (looks like something
slashed it up and ate a small portion). There is a
parcel of random treasure.
the white room
walls: Pure White 2
This room is a featureless white
cube. It also has a silence effect
cast upon it. No noise is possible
in the room.

ngr: Staying in this room

lowers suspicion by one per round and causes 1
point of stress every minute.

osr: Staying in the room more than 5 minutes

resets the counter towards the next random
encounter, as they lose track of the party. Staying
here for more than half an hour will risk causing
mental distress as per a confusion spell.
3 the vault
walls: White with Red Polka Dots

This room has two

possible entries. If
the previous room
was The Hub or
The Controller,
the players enter
into the rear portion of the room with three random
treasures, and a desk containing an ancient text,
crumpled papers, and two black candles. There is also
a barred actual physical door (wood) leading to the
other half of the room. If the players enter from any
other room, they see the other side of that wooden
door, which is festooned with jagged iron spikes and
shards of metal. Attempting to open the door is very
difficult (ngr: Strength -10 osr: open doors check
-3). Failure deals 1d8 damage from the spikes (unless
precautions are taken), and generates a lot of noise
(ngr: 3d6 suspicion osr: summons a random
encounter). The crumpled papers are of a modern
paper or parchment and contain the following notes in
Latin, or a similar trade tongue in your game.

One man would enter and then refuse to change

Add a second man and they will become greedy for treasure
A third man will make them risk everything and then bring ruin
By the time a fourth arrives, none of the four can leave
A fifth man would simply have to keep moving on
the cell of the
dimensional
walls: Neon Green
visionary 4

The far side of this

room is the lair of the
Dimensional Visionary.
It has a collection of
trinkets assembled over
the years (The Staff of
Power, 400 glass coins,
3 random treasures).
It is too small to fit
through the doors, but
it periodically buds and
sends its children out to
search for an escape.
The walls are twice
as high as normal. The
Dimensional Visionary
is just a larger, more
powerful floating eye.
5 thewalls:
This room spins one
set of doors per round,
centred on the central
blue pillar, with a
grinding noise. The door
the players enter is mirrored on the other
side by 10 (either + or -). If they entered
this room from room 19, the opposing
room would be room 9. If they entered
from Room 8, the opposing room would
be room 18. Each round this shifts up (so
hub Grey
rooms 8/18, rooms 9/19, rooms 10/20,
rooms 11/1). On rooms 5/15, the door
leading to 5 will not open (you can’t enter
this room from itself). The hub cannot
be “locked” into place, and can be used to
bypass any other condition that prevents
you from entering a specific room
(sometimes forcing doors closed so it can
re-open them itself).
the ruins
walls: See Description 6
This room appears to be made of
limestone bricks, but it is hard to tell
due to the raging inferno that seems
to be engulfing it. The smoke never
seems to build up enough to smother
the flames. Moving through the room to the far door
deals 1d6 damage. The far door (not the one the
players enter) always leads to The Ancient Forum (11).
7 the lucky room
walls: Vibrant Green

This vibrant green room

is empty except for some
Elven writing on the wall:
“If this is lucky you will
be rewarded, If this is
unlucky you will die”.
This is the lucky room. If the lever
in 12 is thrown, an ancient tome with a
value of 25 will materialize in the centre
of the room, suspended in a pillar of
light. It is entitled “Mysteries of the 7th
dimension” (ngr: Contains the spell ngr: All luck checks or luck die rolls
ESP). Other than the glyph (which is gain a +1 bonus in this room.
very similar) this room appears visually
identical to room 13.
the lock
walls: Pinkish White 8
This room is a pinkish
white octagon, but,
unlike every other room,
the floor has a tile mosaic
showing a blue infinity
symbol. Anyone entering this room
from another room will come into a
random available door (one that is not
open nor “locked” into position). Any
door that opens into this room will be
“locked” until someone actually enters
this room. If people keep backtracking,
they can fill up this room and make it
unavailable without going through an
existing room.
9 the cell of
the icewalls:
people
Bluish White

This room is 15 below freezing,

and full of snowmen surrounding
a frozen fountain. Frozen in the
bottom of the fountain (barely
visible as a discoloured lump)
is an Iron Key. The small room
is the lair of the five remaining
ice people. They are wearing
heavy plate armour, helmets, and
wielding great swords made out
of some form of super-hard ice
(hard enough to count as +1 steel
(half size)
equipment if kept below freezing,
otherwise it simply melts). Small amounts
of snow cover the floor, never more than
a quarter inch thick. The back hallway has
two random piles of treasure and a secret
door (there is a latch in the seam where
the ceiling and wall meets, covered by a
thin layer of paint). The door leads to the
exit (Room 20). The previous leader of the
ice people crafted the Iron Key (which has
a magical counter built into it) to escape
from the prison. He hid it in the fountain
to wait for a chance to escape (if the Gem
Prison wasn’t in a frozen wasteland when
they escaped, they would simply die in
the heat). During the millennia following,
the leader died at some point, and the
remaining Ice People have gone slightly
insane and forgotten who they are and
that the key even exists. They speak elven,
and think they are elves. They are not.
the controller
walls: Cyan 10
This room is a hallway with a
bizarre set of stone cubes. The
cubes are set into a 3 x 3 grid in a
panel beside the far door (which
has a unique green energy field).
The door has 19 copper hand plates laid out in a 5 x
4 grid, with a missing hand plate on row 2, column
5. One side of the cubes have symbols carved on
them (see below). If they are removed from the
grid, the opposing side is copper plated. Two of the
cubes have cracks and chips in them that seem to
have been poorly glued back in with pitch. This was
a puzzle lock, but previous adventurers broke it. It
can’t open now, barring use of the Iron Key from 9
(which is a bit of a waste). If it is opened, the puzzle
lock will disappear, glyphs will appear on each hand
and the green door will become functional. The
19 hands on the green door has one of every glyph
on one of the hands with the exception of this one.
They are in numeric order, left to right and top to
bottom. The glyphs allow anyone from this side to
choose the room they wish to move to by pressing
the corresponding glyph. The green door cannot be
opened otherwise.
11 the ancient forum
walls: None.

This “room” is a
limestone slab floating
in a psychedelic void.
In the centre of the
circular portion of
the slab is an eternally
burning flame. The
flame will teleport
anyone or anything
who jumps into it
into the centre of a
randomly rolled room.
After it has been rolled
the first time, jumping
into the flame always
teleports the person
to that room. The
doors are contained in
marble archways. The
far door (not the one
the party enters from)
always leads to The
Shrine (16). That is not
bidirectional unless
the door is “locked”.
Jumping into the void
is equivalent to death.
There are always a
random encounter
worth (d8 + d6 + d4)
of cat headed elves in
this room when it is
encountered. If the
room is abandoned,
more elves will come.
the gauntlet
walls: Pastel Blue 12
This room’s walls have
piston driven mashers
that come together
every x intervals (each
masher is different).
Near the door are the following words
in elven “Test your luck”. On the other
3
side of the mashers (which cause instant
death) is a lever with words above and
below. It is currently in the “up” position
7
with the phrase “Safe in Ignorance”. The
words in the down position are “The
Risk of Knowledge”. This will trigger the
5
appearance of the books in rooms 7 and
13 if thrown to the down position, and
cause them to disappear if thrown to the
2
up position.

3
2
13 the unlucky room
walls: Vibrant Green

This room is identical in

every way to 7, except if the
lever in 12 is thrown it will
conjure a cursed version
of the tome where every
piece of text has been replaced with cursed
text that explodes into flame when read (for
2d6 damage). The interior pages have been
soaked in explosives and accelerant, causing
an additional 4d6 damage. Any thief,
rogue, or specialist who is well versed in
committing arson (so any PC) has a chance
of noticing the faint smell (ngr: 6+ on an awareness die roll
osr: roll a 1 on a d6). This is in addition to any chance of
detecting cursed text or similar traps.

ngr: All luck checks or luck die rolls suffer a -1 penalty in this room.
the cell
of the necromancer
walls: Black with Red Splotches
14

This room is the

prison for Azoozl
the splintered, a
necromancer from an
ancient era. His living
form long ago decayed to dust. He now is
housed in the body of 5 wraiths that hide
invisible in the five points of the room. Despite his
efforts, he cannot leave the room. There is a portal
set in an interlocking stone circle in the floor. It
shows a random room each round, switching the
next, working similar to a one way door. The door
out of the room can be disabled at will by Azoozl,
but he cannot prevent someone from outside the
room from opening the door. He will wait for
a party to enter before disabling the door and
emerging from the corners. All five wraith bodies
share the same pool of hit points and spells. Azoozl
has nothing left to live for but to cause suffering
and death to others. Upon his death, his gem eye
will materialize and fall to the ground.
15 the weightless
walls: Purple

The ceiling in this triangular room

is twice as high as normal. There
is no gravity in the room, which
can make manoeuvring about
fairly difficult for anyone but the
giant eyes. After any athletic action, an individual
must make an agility/dexterity check or be sent into
an uncontrollable spin. Each round an individual
in a spin can attempt to make an agility/dexterity
check to exit the spin as their action. If you have
better or already existing zero-gravity rules, just use
those instead. If all three doors are opened, a door
appears on the ceiling. This door always leads to the
Entryway (1) if the players can reach it.
the shrine
walls: Grey Limestone 16
This room is made of
grey limestone. A Sphinx
is carved on the far
wall, with glowing blue
gems for eyes. When
the players try to steal the gems, they will
emit harmful energy that will require the
nearest creature to make a saving throw
or suffer 2d12 damage. While the Sphinx
still has its eyes, no monsters will enter this
room. The cat headed elves may enter this
room, but will not respond with violence
in the room and will flee if attacked. Time
passes at 3x the normal rate in this room, something that is useful
to immortals for healing. There are a few sleeping rolls containing
skeletons in the room. They have 2 steel daggers, a half eaten
wineskin and 50 ft of hemp rope remaining as equipment.
17 thewalls:
secret
Dark Green

The south wall is

slightly on an angle
if examined with
architecture. There
is a latch set in the
wall between the
angled wall and the
ceiling. Forcing a
dagger through the
seam along the wall
will eventually free
the latch, letting the wall drop flat. On the other side is a stone altar
containing three random ancient texts. Guarding the room are 12
skeletons wearing leaf cloaks, wooden masks resembling human faces,
wooden splint armour, and wielding staffs. The cloaks are dried leaves,
but are strangely resistant to fire. See the treasure section for more
details on the leaf cloaks.
the well
walls: Brownish Red 18
There are two giant
grubs nesting in the
room. The well is a
functional well with
water in it. It looks
out of place and would seem more
suited to a fairy tale. A comically
cliched wooden sign is beside the
well with the following text written
in Elven: “Warning: Well is broken,
it only gives bad luck”. Throwing a
coin in the well curses an individual
(ngr: Curse from a faith of 8
osr:-1 to all die rolls for 1 month),
but the coin will end up in room 13.
The water is potable.
19 the cell of the
silver wasp mother
walls: Light Blue

The ceiling is
three stories up.
There is quite
a bit of fog in
the room, and
the corners of the room are piled
high with giant wasp eggs. In
the centre of the room is a giant
silver wasp. After the first time it
is alerted to the presence of others
in the dungeon, it will wait by the
entrance and launch its stinger
through as soon as the door opens.
It will continue this until it proves
to be a bad plan (ie, it suffers some
horrible trap set by the players).
The Wasp is as big as a dragon.

(half size)
the exit
walls: Yellow Heavy Plaid
Opposite the door
the players enter is a
glowing green door.
Instead of a normal
hand print it contains
a gem resembling the gem prison,
with an iron bound keyhole somehow
embedded in it. The door roils with arcs
of magical energy. That door leads out.
If someone attempts to pick the lock,
the lock attempts to rebuild itself in
the process. While this is happening,
the door will build up energy and will
release a wave dealing d100 damage to
whomever is picking the lock (ngr:
This is stun rather than damage, though
it will probably still kill at those levels),
regardless of success or failure. The roll
is made with a penalty equal to the die
rolled by the lock picker (which is not
known until the lock picker decides to
keep working at it, risking death). So if
you use percentile thief skills the penalty
20
is d100, a specialist rolling a d6
has a d6 penalty, and a d20 ability
check has a d20 penalty. The Iron
Key in 9 will dispel the magic
of the door and simply open it
without harm or risk.
The room is guarded by 6
naked “humans” with owl heads.
They are extraplanar creatures.
They each have a pair of silver
rapiers. They won’t start a fight
unless attacked, or someone
actually manages to open the
door (or has an obvious way to
do such). They will banter in a
friendly manner, and will offer to
let the players out if one of their
party volunteers to be eaten alive
by the owls. They have no malice, they
just like to eat people alive. Still, they have
limits and require consent. They aren’t
actually supposed to let anyone out, they
just are slightly corrupt and willing to let
the odd escape slide for a cannibalicious
snack. They can also give a brief history
of the gem prison, its origin as some form
of temple, and the few inhabitants who
won’t leave (Cat Headed Elves) when their
master (the wizard) took it over a few
centuries back and tried to modernize the
place (the tacky colours). They will also
discuss the prisoners, though they only
know general descriptive information
about them. They have no idea why they
are locked up, or for how long (they don’t
really track time, being immortal). They
guard the place because the wizard tricked
them into revealing their true names.
They refuse to give any names or even
nicknames for themselves any longer.
random treasure random monsters
2: Ethereal Blade 2: Room Catches Fire for 1d6 rounds
3-4: Black Lotus 3-4: d6-1 Giant Silver Faced Grubs
5: d8 Gold Rings 5-9: d8+d6+d4 Cat Headed Elves
6-8: Pile of glass prisms (d4 x 5) 10-11: d4 Giant Silver Faced Grubs
9: Quiver of Silver Arrows (12) 12: d6/3 Giant Eyes
10: d6 x d8 x 10 baby teeth
11: Expensive Furs (d8 x 2)
12: d6/2 Magic Crystals

ancient texts
ngr: The book contains a random spell
built by using the spell generator results
generated by rolling a d8+d6+d4. The
same result is used to generate the title,
which allows the book to be used by a
literate individual as a skill of the same
name provided they have time to use the
book as a reference. The book has a value
of the dice result x 10 silver pieces.
osr: Contains a random spell of a level
equal to the d8+d6+d4 result divided
by 3 (round down). They are also worth
the d8+d6+d4 result x 10 experience to
a wizard, specialist (not a thief), or bard.
The book has a library value and treasure
value equal to that result.

book title (Duplicate books gain no additional purpose beyond selling)

d4 d6 d8
1 The history of Prehistoric Beings
2 Experiments with/on Spirit (Haunted) Plants and Herbs
3 Secrets of Faerie Warfare
4 The encyclopedia of Demonic Tombs
5 Atlantean Cities
6 Transdimensional Jewellry
7 Rituals
8 Gods

spell generator
d4 d6 d8 (odd/even)
1 Virgil’s (d4) Unknown (Force) Trick / Spark (cantrip)
2 Zardax’s (d6) Ghostly (Mental) Restorative/Shift (regeneration)
3 The secrets of (d8) Mischievous (Plant/Poison) Explosions / Wave (blast)
4 Azoozl’s (d12) Unholy (Fire) Prison/Dungeon (imprison)
5 Ancient (Lightning/Medicine) Wall / Barrier (barrier)
6 Extradimensional (Raw magic) Strike / Bolt (bolt)
7 Breath / Stream (cone)
8 Words / Song (words of power)
spell template
1: cantrip 2: regeneration
Difficulty: +0 Difficulty: (1+ d4 result) per power level
Cost: +1 Cost: 2 per power level
Range: N/A Range: Self
Complexity: 0 Complexity: 2

This spell creates a minor magical effect
such as sparkles, wisps of vapour, soft
coloured light or minor musical effects.
This can be cast alongside another spell by
increasing that spell’s difficulty by 1. The
exact effect is based on the d6 result:
This spell allows the caster to heal injuries
they suffer. The caster heals a number of
points each round equal to the power level
of this spell. This spell has a duration of
(d4/2 result) rounds per power level. What
type of points are based on the d6 result:

1: The roar of a tiger echoes from the 1: damage (except fire and acid)
caster’s mouth. It is loud enough to 2: stress
cause a die of suspicion to the caster. 3: poison (no damage is suffered)
(the die is based on the d4 result) 4: damage (including fire and acid)
2: A green aura appears over the 5: disease
caster for ?dX rounds. (dX is the 6: mutation
d4 result die size)
3: Childlike giggling fills the area for ?dX
rounds. (dX is the d5 result die size)
4: A die result worth of small vermin
(worms, beetles, spiders) fall from
the caster’s sleeve. (The die is based
on the d4 result)
5: Somewhere in the distance, the sound
of thunder echoes (the caster may
make the thunder sound a number of
times up to the d4 result),
6: The caster must pay an additional die
of cost after the spell is cast. The die
is based on the d4 result. The caster
may point at a target and attempt
to zap them (attack roll) to deal an
amount of stun to the target equal to
the amount of mutation points towards
a protoplasmic blob the target has
accrued per success scored.
3: blast
Difficulty: 3 per power level
Cost: 2+(d4 result) per power level
Range: Medium Missile Range
Complexity: d4 result
Blast represents the myriad of spells that
cause a deadly explosion. The caster will
hurl an explosive ball at a target location,
which will explode upon impact. Any
caught in the blast radius will suffer one
exploding die of “damage”. The die size is
based on the d4 result. The blast diameter
is 10 feet per level of the spell. Saving
throws are allowed as normal. If you are
using abstracted movement, this should
hit 1 person per power level in a target
area. The “damage” is based on the d6 result:
1: an orb of force is hurled that explodes
(stun damage from a blunt source)
2: a ghostly skull is hurled that explodes
into a spray of screaming ghostly
forms (stress)
3: a ball of green gas is hurled that
explodes (poison)
4: a ball of flame (damage from fire)
5: ball lightning that explodes into arcs
of electricity (electrical damage that
ignores metal armour)
6: a pulsing blob of energy (mutation
into protoplasmic blob)
4: imprison
Difficulty: 4 + (d4 result) per power level
Cost: 10
Range: Touch
Complexity: 3+(d4 result)
This spell potentially locks a mystical or
incorporeal creature (such as a ghost,
demon, djinn or dryad) into an object. The
object itself is always considered a spell
component and not always a beneficial
one. Living objects require a willing target
(including a calm but unaware target).
The being is trapped and powerless in the
item until the spell expires, or the object
is broken or interfered with in some way
(ie, opening a box or uncorking a bottle).
The spell deals a die of potential damage
to the target per power level. This die is
based on the d4 result. If this damage
would kill or incapacitate the target, the
target is trapped in the item. Otherwise
the damage can be ignored.
The object required is based on the
d6 result:
1: clay totem (breaking the
totem frees the spirit)
2: mammal skull (looking into
the skull’s eyes frees the spirit)
3: a living flower (if the flower dies
the spirit is free, the
flower becomes ageless)
4: a living goat (if the goat
dies the spirit is free)
5: a copper bowl or pot with a lid.
(opening the lid or melting
the pot frees the spirit)
6: a word (anyone saying the
word frees the spirit)
5: barrier 6: bolt
Difficulty: (d4 result) per power level Difficulty: 1+(d4 result) per power level
Cost: 5 per power level Cost: 1 + (d4 result) per power level
Range: Short Missile Range Range: Long Missile Range
Complexity: 1 Complexity: d4 result

This spell creates a wall or barrier with Bolt represents any of the many offensive
a size and shape of the caster’s choice. spells that allow a wizard to target a lone
This barrier has a length of up to 5 individual with deadly force. The bolt will
(cumulative) feet per power level and arc out at the target, with a (+2 - d4 result)
a height of up to 5 feet per power level. attack modifier per power level. On a hit
Depending on the exact version of this it will deal 1 die of “damage” times the
spell it will either be a solid or damaging power level of the spell; the damage die is
barrier. A solid barrier (force field, briars, based on the d4 result. The “damage” type
ice, etc) can absorb (d4 result x 3) points is determined by the d6 result:
of damage per power level, with a DR of
1: a bolt of compressed air (blunt, stun)
1 per power level. A damaging barrier
2: a ghostly ray of light (stress)
(fire, lightning, poison gas, etc) will do
3: a jet of poisonous liquid
1 die of damage (based on the d4 result)
(contact based poison)
per power level of the spell if someone
4: a lance of flame (fire damage)
attempts to cross the barrier, and 1 die of
5: an arc of electricity (electric
damage if they merely touch the barrier.
damage, ignores metal armour)
The magical portion of the barrier has
6: a beam of raw energy(mutation
a duration of (d4 result) cumulative
into protoplasmic blob)
minutes per power level. After that point
any materials conjured by the spell will
remain. For example, an ice barrier would
leave a large slab of ice behind that would
melt normally, while a poison gas barrier
would leave a cloud of poison gas behind
that would drift and settle normally. The
material is based on the d6 result:

1: force field (solid)

2: ghostly illusion (damaging, stress)
3: neon green roses (solid, touching
the wall deals 1 die of poison)
4: fire (damaging)
5: arcing grid of lightning (damaging,
ignores metal armour)
6: invisible energy (damaging)
7: cone
Difficulty: 3 per power level
Cost: 2+(d4 result) per power level
Range: 5 feet per power level
Complexity: 1
Cone represents any offensive spell that
features a billowing array expanding
outward from the caster such as fire
breath, chain lightning or a blast of
freezing air. The cone will have a diameter
at any point equal to the distance from
the caster. So 5 feet out from the caster,
the cone will have a diameter of 5 feet.
The spell will deal 1 die of damage per
power level of the spell, reducing by 1 die
for every five feet from the caster, until it
reaches 0 dice. The damage die is based on
the d4 result. If you are using abstracted
movement, this should hit one person in
your area for full damage and/or 1 person
per power level for 1 die of damage in a
neighbouring area. The type of damage is
based on the d6 result.
1: a gust of compressed air (blunt
stun damage, also a single
knockdown check)
2: a ghostly beacon of light (stress)
3: a gust of poisonous gas (poison)
4: a gust of flame (fire damage)
5: multiple constantly sparking arcs
of electricity (electric damage,
ignores metal armour)
6: a cone of energy (mutation into
protoplasmic blob)
8: words of power
Difficulty: 1 per power level
Cost: (d4 result) per power level
Range: Audible
Complexity: 1
Words of Power represent all of the
various magic words that can cause
unfortunate side effects to a target. The
wizard makes an appeal against a number
of targets equal to the spell’s power level
with a +1 bonus per power level. The
targets suffer a die based on the d4 result
of “damage” per success scored. The d6
result indicates the type of damage.
1: pain (stun)
2: hallucinations (stress)
3: toxins form in the
bloodstream (poison)
4: the blood boils (damage)
5: a feeling of intense nausea (disease)
6: transformation into a protoplasmic
blob (mutation)
A roll of 7+5+1 would result in a book
called The History of Atlantean Rituals
worth 130 silver pieces. In osr games it
would contain a random 4th level spell and
be worth 130 experience points when read
by a wizard, specialist, or bard. In ngr
it would count as a skill about Atlantean
Rituals when used as a reference material,
and would contain the spell “Virgil’s
Ancient Breath”, a version of cone that
costs 3 per power level and deals 1d4
electric damage per power level from
arcing electricity.
monsters
giant silver faced grub
The grubs are aggressively hungry and
will immediately attempt to eat the PCs.
A grub will not attempt to kill more
than one human or similar creature each
(such as a dog or donkey), though they
will attempt to defend their meal from
retrieval. If the PCs prove formidable, the
grubs will flee and seem to have figured
out how to open doors. They will attempt
to hide in room 19 if pursued, as they are
children of the Giant Silver Wasp. The
meat of the grub is poisonous to humans,
elves, and halflings but not to dwarves.
The grubs are pony sized larvae with large
pincers and heads that are painted silver.
Their bodies are bloated and white, coated
in a thin mucus.
ngr: Size modifier 2. Their bloated body
counts as bulky light armour, and their
silvered head counts as a full helm. Their
jaws are large, exotic, slashing weapons.
If they score the exact minimum number
required to hit they secrete d4 points of
grub poison. Each point of grub poison
gives a -1 universal penalty, and paralysis
when the points equal the victims health.
Grub poison abates at a rate of 1 point per
hour. Upon death, the silver on the grub’s
face will heat and melt off, pooling on the
ground. The silver is equivalent to 1d12sp
osr: 2 Hit Dice, Armour as padded/
leather, Attack with bite(d8 with re-
roll), poor morale, half as fast as an
unencumbered man. If a grub scores an
exact hit, the target must make a saving
throw vs. poison or suffer a dose of grub
poison, granting a -1 penalty to attack and
armour class for each point of damage
dealt. Grub poison abates at a rate of 1
point per hour. Upon death, the silver
on the grub’s face will heat and melt
off, pooling on the ground. The silver is
equivalent to 1sp per hp of the grub.
giant silver wasp
The wasp appears as a tyrannosaurus
sized wasp made out of polished silver.
It is trapped inside its room and can do
nothing beyond lay more eggs, which
hatch into the giant silver faced grubs that
menace the prison.

ngr: Size modifier 10. The Wasp is

very quick (16 agility) but is quite stupid
(3 intelligence). The chitin counts as
plate armour made of silver and a full
helm. The wasp attacks with its stinger
(large, piercing, devastating), which also
deals 1d20 points of grub poison. Each
point of grub poison gives a -1 universal
penalty, and paralysis when the points
equal the victim’s health. Grub poison
abates at a rate of 1 point per hour. Upon
death, the wasp will heat and melt,
pooling on the ground and dealing 3d6
x 10 damage to anything vulnerable to
silver underneath it. Anything nearby
will suffer 3d6 damage from a rushing
wave of molten silver. The silver is worth
1d12 x100 sp. It counts as a local legend
and has 6 luck points and 1 fate point.

osr: 12 Hit Dice, Armour as bronze

plate/plate, Attack with stinger(d20 plus
Grub Poison), unbreakable morale, three
times as fast as an unencumbered man.
On any hit the target must make a saving
throw vs. poison or suffer a dose of grub
poison, granting a -1 penalty to attack and
armour class for each point of damage
dealt. Upon death, the wasp will heat
and melt, pooling on the ground. The
silver is equivalent to 10sp per hp of the
wasp, but will kill anything vulnerable
to molten silver that is underneath it,
and grant a saving throw versus a wave
of deadly molten silver to anything
in melee range with it. The wave of
silver will do 3d12 damage to those in
melee. A save results in half damage.
cat headed elf
These creatures are 0th level elves who
have heads resembling those of hairless
cats. They wear no armour but are clad
in Egyptian style white linens, and carry
both wooden tower shields and bronze
khopesh swords. These Elves will attack
any other monsters on sight, above the
party (until the party has attempted to
defile the Shrine by stealing the Sphinx
Eyes). They will not fight with monsters
in rooms that are designated as cells. They
can be reasoned with and may not attack
the PCs if any of them speak Elven and
can make an appropriate reaction roll (or
obviously outclass the Elves). They are the
remnants of the original wardens.

ngr: They are elves with the innate

spell “Cat’s Eye”. They are quick (13
agility) but antisocial (7 social).
They are 0th level one part warrior
(guard), one part priest (fervour).

osr: 1 Hit Die, Armour as shield, Attack

with weapon (Khopesh, d8), average
morale, as fast as an unencumbered man.
giant eyes
These creatures resemble a beachball
sized eyeball being trailed by a great
mass of writhing grey tendrils no thicker
than a human thumb. It silently floats
about through the prism using the
power of levitation. It is intelligent but
has goals and concerns outside the ken
of human understanding, nor could
the eye understand human needs. It is
utterly alien. They are aggressive if the
d6 roll was even. They will always be
encountered with their energy barrier
already summoned, which is invisible
unless struck.

ngr: Size modifier 2. Highly intelligent

(16) with superb vision (16 awareness).
May cast Eye-Beam or Ocular Shield
at power level 2 for no cost, as long as
the Dimensional visionary is still alive,
otherwise they have a mana pool of 12.
They are memorized, not innate spells.
Their tendrils count as an entangling
weapon, and allow them to mimic the
effects of the overreach combat trick.

osr: 4 Hit Dice, Armour as unarmoured,

or leather if energy shield is active. Attack
with an eye beam (save or suffer d6 x 2
damage), excellent morale, half as fast as
an unencumbered man. Giant Eyes can
surround themselves with energy barriers
during their turn as an action, provided
the eye in question does not already have
a barrier. This energy barrier can suffer 5
points of damage before dissipating and
regenerates 1 point of damage per round.
Additional damage will not carry through
to the Giant Eye. Any failed melee attack
against the Giant Eye that rolled 5 or less
will result in the attacker being disarmed
by its mass of whipping tendrils.
dimensional visionary
This creatures is a scaled up Giant Eye,
an eyeball the size of a Volkswagen
beetle. Several smaller eyes are budding
around the edges where its tendrils meet
its eyeball. In time these will sprout off
as new Giant Eyes. The Dimensional
Visionary is always aggressive, and will
always be encountered with its energy
barrier already summoned.

ngr: Size modifier 4. Supernaturally

intelligent (20) with unparallelled vision
(20 awareness). May cast Eye-Beam or
Ocular Shield as memorized spells with a
mana pool of 100. Its tendrils count as an
entangling weapon, and allow it to mimic
the effects of the overreach combat trick.
It counts as a local legend and has 6 luck
points and 1 fate point.

osr: 8 Hit Dice, Armour as unarmoured,

or leather if energy shield is active. Attack
with an eye beam (save or suffer d6 x
4 damage), unbreakable morale, half
as fast as an unencumbered man. The
Dimensional visionary can surround
itself with an energy barrier during its
turn as an action, provided it does not
already have a barrier. This energy barrier
can suffer 10 points of damage before
dissipating and regenerates 1 point of
damage per round. Additional damage
will not carry through to the Dimensional
Visionary. Any failed melee attack against
the Dimensional Visionary will result in
the attacker being disarmed by its mass of
whipping tendrils.
owl headed warriors
The warriors take the form of a naked
human with the head of an owl. If one of
them is slain through a blow to the body,
the owl head rips free of the human body,
revealing its owl body, and flies away. It
is no longer able to speak, but will nest
in any cleanly decapitated humanoid
and then reform. They each have a pair
of silver rapiers, but they don’t have any
sheaths or belts to hold them in. They
won’t start a fight unless attacked, or
someone actually manages to open the
door (or has an obvious way to do such).

ngr: Level 6 three part warrior.

Specialized with the rapier. Know
the riposte, off-hand parry, feint,
lunge, crazy weapon tricks!(rapier)
and whirling parry combat tricks.

osr: 8 Hit Dice, Armour as

unarmoured man, Attack with
weapon (rapier), excellent morale,
as fast as an encumbered man.
extraterrestrial ice people
These creatures are from a distant world,
where their sun is but a faint dot in the
sky. They naturally have quite fantastic
low light vision and a tolerance for
temperatures below the fathoming of
a medieval mind. They also would be
blinded by rooms too dark for humans
to see in, and would die of heat fairly
quickly in a blizzard. Their ice armour
is actually an encounter suit to allow
them to handle the scorching hell of
earth’s polar regions. These remnants of
a larger regiment have gone mad over
several millennia of confinement, and
now believe they are elves. Someone
speaking Elven might be able to
convince them not to be murderous,
but they are inclined to hostility.

ngr: Level 2 two part warrior

(Specialization: two handed sword,
combat awareness, combat tricks), one
part wizard (sage). Knows the sunder
combat trick. Armour is advanced,
reinforced plate armour with a full helm.
Their sword and armour are super-
hardened ice (hardness of 6). They take
double damage from fire or heat, but
regenerate damage from cold attacks.

osr: 3+3 Hit Dice, Armour as plate/

full plate +1, Attack with weapon +1 (two
handed sword), poor morale, as fast as an
encumbered man. Takes double damage
from heat or fire based attacks, but gains
hitpoints from cold or ice based attacks.
azoozl
Azoozl takes the form of five identical
wraith-like figures. A skull with clumps
of dried flesh still climbing to its frame
sticks out of tattered rags along with
two grasping boney arms. In place of
eyes there is a single gem in the left
socket. Azoozl has gone mad from his
imprisonment and now seeks only to
cause suffering and terror. He cannot leave
his cell, but he can cause the door to cease
functioning from his side. Someone on the
other side can still open the door. Upon
his death, one of his forms will randomly
drop his gem eye, which will materialize
and become solid.

ngr: Level 10 three part wizard, 1 part

priest (haunting/exorcism). Azoozl is
supernaturally intelligent, though he
has gone mad (social 1) . Azoozl is an
incorporeal undead creature with the
innate ability to age a target 1d8 years
with a successful melee attack (luck points
reduce the years aged on a 1 to 1 basis).
All five bodies share the same damage,
luck points, and mana. Azoozl is immune
to non-magic weapons. He has memorized
a complement of randomly generated
spells. He can cast any spell that has a
d4 result of 4, and a d6 result of 2 or 4.

osr: 10th level Magic-User, Unarmoured,

Attack with energy drain, unbreakable
morale, twice as fast as an unencumbered
man. Has a full complement of spells.
All five bodies share the same pool of
hitpoints and the same memorized
spells. Azoozl is immune to non-magic
weapons and has standard undead
immunities. Azoozl can be turned.
skeletons
Human skeletons wearing leaf cloaks,
wooden masks resembling human faces,
wooden splint armour, and wielding
staffs. The cloaks are dried leaves but are
strangely resistant to fire. See the treasure
section for more details on the leaf cloaks.

ngr: Undead. Partial wooden

mail. Staff. Leaf cloaks grant a +3
bonus against magical damage.

osr: 1 Hit Die, Armour as studded

leather or leather +1. Attack with weapon
(staff), unbreakable morale, as fast as
an unencumbered man. Undead, with
all the immunities and weaknesses that
implies. Cloaks grant +3 to saves against
spells, and reduce spell damage by 3.
treasure
glass coins
These glass disks bear the profile of a
hairless cat head on one side, and an
Egyptian hieroglyph on the other. They
are worth 10sp each to a collector of
antiquities in a city
staff of power
This staff is is carved from a massive
length of mammoth ivory. It is carved
with ribbons of rounded undecipherable
runes and studded with glass beads.
ngr: This staff may be used as a spell
component for any channelling that
draws magic from the surrounding area,
granting 2 additional mana back to the
wizard. The staff is not destroyed when
used as a spell component in this manner.
osr: A magic-user may memorize an
additional first level spell while they hold
this staff. This spell is stored within the
staff and may be cast as normal from the
staff. If the magic-user at any point lets
go of the staff before casting the spell
contained within, it dissipates harmlessly.
iron key
The key appears to be a crudely wrought
iron skeleton key.
ngr: The key was crafted using the
“Magic Key” spell at power level 30,
and contains a dispel instead of a stored
spell. The potency of its dispel virtually
guarantees opening any magical lock.
osr: Will fit in and open any magical
lock or seal by dispelling the magic of the
lock (permanently) and turning the key to
rusted dust. One use only.
ethereal blade
The ethereal blade appears to be a hilt
and pommel carved out of lapis lazuli and
polished to a smooth finish. A ghostly
blade protrudes from it, harmless and
immaterial against mundane beings, but
stronger than steel and as heavy as lead
when swung against magical beings.
ngr: When swung against magical beings
(anyone impacted by exorcism) it deals
1d12 damage (as if a +5 weapon were
swung at an immaterial creature). Anyone
with a mana pool will lose 1d12 mana as
if it were damage, whether or not they
are inherently magical. These effects are
a result of the material the blade is made
out of, and cannot be reverse engineered
with sage (though it might be possible to
reform the blade into another object).
osr: When swung against elves and
other intrinsically magical beings it deals
1d12 damage. It counts as a +5 magical
weapon for the purposes of hitting such
creatures. Any being with a memorized
magic-user spell will be affected by the
ethereal blade.
black lotus
Black Lotus is an incredibly potent herb
that is extremely rare and delicate. Anyone
breathing in the pollen of a black lotus
(or the dust of a crushed flower) will pass
out in a delirium as they are wracked by
supposedly prophetic hallucinations. A
skilled herbalist could distill the black
lotus to a safer narcotic, or a more
deadly neurotoxin. If encountered as
random treasure, a single blossom will be
somehow contained in a wax stoppered
green glass bottle. It cannot be removed
without breaking the glass (almost
certainly destroying the blossom).
ngr: Breathing in the flower deals a restores 1d20 hp, and allows a fresh saving
repeating d20 points of intoxication. throw to cure each disease or magical
affliction (such as lycanthropy or mummy
osr: An individual may attempt a saving
rot) currently impacting the user. The
throw versus poison to avoid breathing
crystal then crumbles to dust.
in any of the flower, but any failed saving
throw with a result that is more than
silver arrows
the character’s constitution score will
Other than werewolf hunting, the
result in death. If a character is forced
arrows can be considered treasure
to breathe deeply of the black lotus they
worth 60sp per quiver.
will automatically pass out and count as
having failed their saving throw, but they
golden rings
must still roll to see if they die.
The rings are simple golden bands
inscribed with elven writing. The writing
baby teeth
seems to be half-completed sentences
These are largely worthless, though faerie
with typos or awkward wording that the
folks are said to value them at 1sp each if
goldsmith could never get right. These
you know the location of a faerie market.
are rejected rings, but still have value
when sold to humans who think the Elven
expensive furs
writing means “courage” or “hope”. They
There are a number of valuable pelts
are worth 20sp each.
(1: Beaver, 2: Fox, 3: Mink, 4: Wolf, 5:
Wolverine 6: Dalmatian). They are worth
eye of azoozl
the d6 result times 20sp each.
The eye of Azoozl is a round multifaceted
gem of a pinkish green hue.
magic crystals
Each Magic Crystal contains powerful ngr: The eye was the talisman of Azoozl
healing energies. and has 5 benefit levels. Anyone who
replaces their eye with the eye of Azoozl
ngr: An individual may tightly grip a
can see magical auras around any magical
crystal in their hand and hum. Doing so
being, item, or location. They also suffer 1
will activate a regeneration spell stored
stress per hour of use.
inside. Each crystal currently has the
following spells stored inside: “Create osr: Anyone who replaces their left eye
Power Crystal”, “Psychedelic Wellness”, with the eye of Azoozl will be able to see
and “Focused Hum” at power level 2. See out of the eye, and be subject to False
the spell section for details, but the gist Seeing. Replacing their right eye grants
is that when activated (by humming) them True Seeing. An individual using
the individual will heal two points of the Eye of Azoozl cannot sleep without it
damage, disease, and mutation for each being removed. Azoozl had the gem in his
point of intoxication they currently are left eye.
suffering from.
silver rapier
osr: When gripped tightly by an
The silver rapiers of the Owl Headed
intoxicated or inebriated individual, the
Warriors are each worth a whopping 300sp.
crystal will radiate healing magic that
glass prisms
Simple glass prisms that can be used to fill
a room with rainbow colours. They can be
sold in any market square for 1sp each.
leaf cloaks
The cloaks are made from great
piles of dried leaves, but are strangely
resistant to fire.
ngr: The leaf cloaks are religious relics
to a prehistoric human deity. They are +3
armour that only grants damage reduction
against exorcism or magical damage. They
also reduce the accrual of other magically
caused points (stress, mutation, etc) by
3. They cease functioning while in any
area that does not grant at least 1 point of
mana recovery per night.
osr: The cloaks cause the wearer to
both gain +3 to saving throws against
spells or spell-like effects and take three
less damage from any magical spell or
spell like effect. This only functions in
magic rich areas. Cities and lands deep in
civilization cause the magic to suspend,
meaning they are now just piles of
tinder until the wearer once more leaves
civilization behind.
spells
magic key
Template: spell storage
Difficulty: +1 per power level
Cost: +1 per power level
Range: Touch
Complexity: 1
This spell allows the caster to store
another spell in a metal key. The stored
spell will be activated when the key is used
on a lock. The spell will treat the activator
as the ‘caster’ and the target.. The spell
stored in the key will weaken by 1 power
level per week unless stored in an area
where it cannot oxidize. A caster may
also choose to store a dispel attempt in a
key instead of a spell. The difficulty of this
spell is used as the dispel attempt’s spell
power bonus.
create power crystal
Template: spell storage
Difficulty: +1 per power level
Cost: +1 per power level
Range: Touch
Complexity: 1
This spell allows the caster to store
another spell in a shard of crystallized
mana. The stored spell will be activated
when a trigger (see trigger spell) is
activated. The spell will treat the activator
as the ‘caster’ and the target. The entire
cost of the spell (including Create Power
Crystal and Trigger) must be paid through
the mana crystal itself.
psychedelic wellness
Template: regeneration
Difficulty: 2 per power level
Cost: 2 per power level
Range: Self
Complexity: 2
This spell allows the caster to heal
themselves. The caster heals a
number of points of damage (not
luck), mutation, and disease each
round equal to the power level of this
spell times the number of points of
intoxication the caster has accrued.
focused hum
Template: trigger
Difficulty: +3
Cost: +1
Range: Touch
Complexity: 1
This spell is used to set a condition
for another spell to either activate or
deactivate. The condition for this trigger
is holding the item containing the spell
and humming loudly. This spell is cast
alongside the main spell. If you wanted
a spell to be able to ‘toggle’ on and off,
it would require casting two additional
triggers with the main spell. A spell that is
deactivated by a trigger still counts down
its duration as normal, the effects are
merely masked. A spell with no duration
(such as a blast) cannot be toggled.
cat’s eye
Template: Night Vision
Difficulty: 1 per power level
Cost: 1
Range: 1/4 normal vision
Complexity: 1
This spell allows the caster to see in the
dark up to a quarter of the distance they
could see in optimal light. The eyes of the
caster morph to look exactly like the eyes
of a large cat. This spell has a duration of 5
(cumulative) minutes per power level.
esp
Template: weakness (strength)
Difficulty: 2(cumulative) per power level
Cost: 3(cumulative) per power level
Range: Self
Complexity: 1
This spell causes the target to temporarily
gain supernatural awareness for 1 round
per power level, or until they move.
eye-beam
Template: bolt
Difficulty: 2 per power level
Cost: 4 per power level
Range: Long Missile Range
Complexity: 1
This spell enables the caster to
send a deadly beam from one of
her eyes. The beam of energy will
leap towards the target. On a hit it
will deal 1 repeating d6 of damage
times the power level of the spell.
ocular-shield
Template: bubble of protection
Difficulty: 2 per power level
Cost: 3 per power level
Range: Self
Complexity: 1
This spell causes the caster to be
surrounded by an energy shield that
absorbs incoming attacks. The shield
can absorb 3 points of damage per
power level before dissipating. The
shield has a DR of 1 for every 3 power
levels. Every round it regenerates 1
of the points of damage dealt to it.
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way (1) room (2) (3) dimensional
visionary (4)

the hub (5) the ruins the lucky the lock

(6) room (7) (8)

the cell the the ancient the

of the ice controller forum (11) gauntlet
people (9) (10) (12)

the unlucky the cell of the the shrine

room (13) the necro- weightless (16)
mancer (14) (15)

the secret the well the cell of the exit

(17) (18) the wasp (20)
mother (19)
 “Impudent Fools!
You dare oppose Zardax the Impressive?
Whoever you are, you are no match for my
diabolical prison of inescapable terror!
And seeing as you will surely perish in that
cursed place, I see no reason not to gloat about
my cunning plan...”
— Zardax, repeatedly...

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